My seven-year-old K2 has yet to experience a phones jack problem. That might be just luck, but I have done something a little different that might help as well.
I use a lightweight pigtail with a plug in the K2 instead of hooking the phones directly to the jack. I did that because my favorite phones had a 1/4" plug on the end, and I did not want to subject the jack to the stresses involved in using an adapter stuck directly into the front panel. Looking at any in-line adapter, it's pretty obvious that any side force on phones end of the adapter will be increased by 10-fold (or more) inside the jack as the plug moves slightly in the sleeve. That means that an accidental tug on the phones wire of only an ounce or two can translate into a pound or more of force being shoved against the mechanism inside the jack as the plug rocks within the limits allowed by the ground sleeve. It's not much better if a miniature phone plug with an inch-long stiff finger grip is used. I used a miniature right-angle plug for the rig end so that if the line was tugged, there'd be no mechanical leverage at work to increase the force on the jack mechanism. I don't know if that's why I still have not had to replace my phones jack after 7 years of heavy use. Knowing how I can accidentally run out of phones cable at times while I'm operating, it seemed a good idea to take the precaution, Hi! Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Ruchan, This is a known problem with both the K1 and K2. The earphone jack goes bad. Must replace it. Quite a chore. Right now the jack on my K2 is open on the speaker side, just like your's. I've already replaced the jack on my K1 and was hoping I wouldn't have to do this on the K2, but alas, it is now also broken. 73 de dave ab9ca _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
